Areas of Interest:

• Rural history
• African American history
• Material culture
• History of museum development
   

Current Projects:

• Study of African Americans and agrarian reform in Texas, 1880-1940.
  
• Interpretation of minority culture in living history museums.
  
• International develop of open-air museums.

Dr. Debra A. Reid

PhD, Texas A&M University

Office: Coleman Hall 2522
Phone: 217-581-7272

Curriculum vitae
 

Courses:

HISTORY 2010: History of the United States to 1877

HISTORY 2090: History of the United States to 1877 (Honors)

HISTORY 2020: History of the United States after 1876

HISTORY 3600-C: The United States Constitution and the Nation

HISTORY 3690: The U.S. Constitution and the Nation

HISTORY 3900: Women in American History

HISTORY 4910: The Foundation of the American Constitutional and Political System

HISTORY 5030: Archival Methods

HISTORY 5090: Care and Management of Historic Artifacts

HISTORY 5330:  Material Life in America, 1600 to Present

HISTORY 5360: Historic Domestic Interiors